We bet it’s been at least 5 years since you’ve last visited a blinds, awnings and shutters store. Between then and now there’s been a sea-change in the quality and range of blinds, awnings and shutters that are available for homes and offices.

Blinds: Today, even the simple venetian blinds have numerous options in material, colour and texture. Blinds at Apollo are available in Viewline Shades Blinds, Cellular Blinds, Roller Blinds, Panel Glide Blinds, Multipelmets, Roman Blinds and traditional Vertical Blinds styles. In terms of material, they are available in Smartwood, Timber, fabric and traditional aluminium. If you are looking for blinds, hurry now to your nearest Apollo store or shop Panel Glide Blinds online at http://apolloblinds.com.au/ and receive a hefty 25% discount.

Awnings: Setting up an awning outside your window, door, balcony or even backyard is a great way of keeping the sun’s heat away from the interior of your home or office. Doing so reduces your air-conditioning bill and helps you recover your investment in the awnings.

Apollo’s range of awnings can easily handle heavy rains and the extensive range of designer patterns, colours adds a new dimension to the outdoor aesthetics of your home or business. Choice of material includes canvas, polyester, acrylics, screen fabrics, Colour coated steel and PVC.

Awnings styles currently available include:

1. Fixed awnings (including fixed Cafe awnings) - available with sail track and a 5-sided front rail with white powder coated arms for support.

2. Fixed canopy awnings - decorative, large surface area makes them suitable for sign writing. Comes with aluminium rib sub-structure, covered in fabric. Shapes available include Dutch Canopy, Cupola Canopy and Eliptical Canopy.

3. Colourbond Steel Awning - highly durable, cost effective, cantilevered from the wall to provide weather control (especially northern and southern application). Wide combination of colours.

4. Folding Arm Awnings - up to 16m width and 3.7m projection, manual or auto extend-retraction (with optional sensor based control). 5. Casement Windows Awnings - Double arm system, wide range of material and colours ideal for windows.

6. Convertible Awnings - Suitable for ground and upper level applications. Usually operated via rope, tape or winch, 5 sided bottom rail, with spring loaded arms for better Awning stability.

7. Flexi Fit Pivot Arm Awnings - Allows the fabric to protrude past the end fixing points, making it suitable for fibro and cladded homes where fixing points are limited.

8. Gear Operated Pivot - Heavy duty, suitable for windy areas and wide windows. Spans up to 5500mm and area coverage of 16.8 square metres.

9. Spring Operated - Various types of spring operated awnings ranging from automatic lock-arm awning to straight drop awnings are available in a wide choice of materials, colours and styles.

Apollo Blinds is also the right place to visit for shutters, Awnings & Blinds. They have a wide selection of shutters with separate sections for Aluminium, Plantation, and Basswood shutters, Cedar Shutters, Smart wood Shutters and Roller Shutters Canberra. Remember, there's a limited time 25% discount going on. Hurry!